Organisation : The Lab Network
Location : Work from home jobs and Hybrid jobs
Time required : 5 hours per month
Duration of project : 2 years
Skill area : Marketing, Media & Communications
Sector : Children, Disabilities, Youth & Young People
Application closing date : 4 Aug, 2023
About the role
The Lab Network is seeking expressions of interest for a Board Director with marketing and communications expertise.
Key responsibilities:
- Advise on marketing and communications strategy in collaboration with the National Coordinator, in line with the organisation’s strategic direction
- Oversee the strategy’s implementation, including monitoring budget and campaign analytics
- Regularly attend board meetings – a minimum attendance at 90% of Board meetings is expected. Board meetings are held monthly for roughly 90 minutes duration
- Keep up to date with the organisation’s priorities – reading of minutes, reports and any other necessary correspondence
- Demonstrate loyalty and commitment to the organisation and publicly promote the aims and objectives of the organisation.
Board members serve for a period of two years after which nominations are taken for the appointment of new members.
About the organisation
About The Lab and The Lab Network
The Lab (www.thelab.org.au) is an after-school technology and social club for 8-18-year-old Autistic young people. Since 2010, The Lab has provided a safe, unstructured environment where young people are encouraged to develop their technology interests with help from expert mentors and make friends through their shared interests.
Individuality, equity and social inclusion are celebrated at The Lab. The Lab challenges the idea that Asperger’s Syndrome and Autism are deficits. The Lab aims to create an environment where individuals can enhance their capacity for study, work and relationships through increased engagement, confidence and social skills.
The Lab has grown to involve more than 800 participants across over 30 sites nationally.
The Lab Network, founded in 2013, is a not-for-profit company that supports local communities to start and manage Labs in its distributed network model. The Lab Network provides advice on governance, administration, logistics, recruitment and marketing.
About The Lab Network Board
The Board’s mission is to provide The Lab Network with the necessary technical and administrative resources to support the successful establishment and ongoing viability of local Labs. To this end the Board is involved in developing strategies and policies that will achieve financial sustainability and administrative viability for Labs into the future. The Board currently meets once a month though sub-committees sometimes schedule additional meetings.
Board Key Objectives:
- Support the development and management of Labs around Australia;
- Ensure that the core principles of the Lab are maintained at every site;
- Develop new learning and social opportunities for autistic young people and their families;
- Ensure that every Lab, and The Lab Network, operates according to the highest standards of transparency, respect and consideration for others.
How to apply
Please contact admin@thelab.org.au if you have any queries. To submit your expression of interest, please email your resume and cover letter to admin@thelab.org.au.
Please quote in application: Board Director – Marketing and Communications expertise via Pro Bono Australia.
